Donald Trump threatens tariffs on any nation supplying Cuba with oil

Emboldened by the US ​military’s seizure of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a deadly raid earlier this month, Trump has repeatedly talked of acting against Cuba and pressuring its leadership.

Trump said ‌this week that “Cuba will be failing pretty soon,” adding that Venezuela, once the ‌island’s top oil supplier, has not recently sent oil ‌or money to Cuba. Trump has used tariff threats as ‌a foreign ‍policy tool throughout ⁠his ​second term in office.

Cuba’s president said this month Washington ⁠had no moral authority to ⁠force a deal on Cuba after Trump suggested the Communist-run island should strike ‌an agreement with the US.